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Submitted by
Jeffrey Lancaster
a Weekend Warrior
from Houma, LA, United States
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | The frame is bombproof. Components are top notch. Fairly light weight and the color is beautiful in the sun. | | Weaknesses: | Could have used some lighter components for the same cost and had a really light performance bike. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized rockhopper, Trek 820 | | Bike Setup: | The coponents listed above are wrong. It comes with Manitou SX-E fork, XT, LX derailluers koski lite brakes and levers, deore shifters, suspension seat post and truvativ firex cranks. | | Bottom Line: | Very nice bike for the money. The frame is built very strong. The seat stays are similar to the older Schwinn epicenter. They are also snaked out to allow wider tires without rubbing. The components are very nice, not much need for upgrading. You see alot of bikes selling for much more with these components and frame combos. Oh yeah the WTB Motorapter tires will get you thru most anything. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
sean smith
a Cross Country Rider
from rochester NY
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | bay park | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | tow path | | Strengths: | light!! only 27 pounds, good mach of componits xt rear lx frount has worked out real good | | Weaknesses: | none the bike has been grate | | Similar Products Used: | d40r(crap) | | Bike Setup: | stock - the cliples pedles got a sood pair of tow clip pedles | | Bottom Line: | a vary good deal the bike can work just as well as a top end bike. fast going down and clims well (i have gone down some stuff with 80 degre slop and it takes it vary well | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
zach
a Cross Country Rider
from chapel hill nc
Date Reviewed: March 13, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | san lee | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | ok this is a great deal, i'm probably going to buy this baby. The deal i'm lookin at it's got a judy race, xt/lx/truvativ drivetrain and lot's of other schweet stuff.
and here's the best part! it's $500! I mean COME ON xt for $500 your f*ckin right i'm gunna buy it!
| | Weaknesses: | ummm, hmmmm, the brakes weren't that great. but hey it's disc ready! the guy before complained of chain probs...well i guess I'll have to find out when i buy it!
| | Similar Products Used: | um specialized, fishers, giants.
| | Bottom Line: | get this mo. it weighs like 26 lbs. it really only needs a couple of upgrades to be really race worthy. The value is worth a billion but i guess 5 will have to do. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Phil
a Cross Country Rider
from Coupeville, WA
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$605.00 | | Strengths: | Excellent shocks, lightwieght, love the suspension seatpost. | | Weaknesses: | Snapped two chains right off the bat, no problems since. | | Similar Products Used: | Comprable models of Specialized, GT, Giant, Jamis (5-800$ range). | | Bike Setup: | Stock- the description by "mtbr" isn't accurate though. Since i can't remember all the XT vs SE stuff, I advise you to go to diamondback.com and take a look there. It's all great stuff. | | Bottom Line: | The bike as solid all around, and has stood up very well to a daily beating administered by me on the technical trails of FT. Ebey State Park, Whidbey Island, WA. Quality parts all around, fast, solid. I'd recommend this bike to intermediate and advanced riders. I'm very happy with the purchase, and it came only after extensive research and bike testing. For the money and quality, the Apex came out on top.
I paid $605, but that was through a military deal, so you may have to spend a bit more. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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